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The Art of Manufacturing
The Art of Manufacturing

The Art of Manufacturing: Overcome control challenges for increasing efficiency in manufacturing using real-world examples

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The Art of Manufacturing

Automation Is a Part of Our Daily Lives

An attempt to describe automation can be like the five blind men in the proverbial story encountering an elephant for the first time – each explores one aspect of the animal and narrates his experience accurately, yet all the narratives together do not yield an overall picture. We can look at automation in the following ways:

  • Automation is a subject that can be examined in terms of components
  • Automation can be examined in terms of the system software, application software, and libraries
  • Significantly, automation can be understood by understanding the algorithms and the products

When we stack up these views, we are able to build a realistic 3D image of automation.

Control challenges in the production of objects of everyday use are many. A close look at the kind of challenges that are encountered opens an interesting puzzle. Problem categories are few because the object parameters that need to be controlled are few. These could be, for example, the physical dimensions of the object, weight, thickness, and surface finish. Corresponding control variables are nearly always the same—speed, rate, tension, position, thickness, pressure, level, temperature, and so on. Control algorithms themselves are notably limited, for example, proportional control, integral control, and proportional, integral, derivative (PID) control. What is the puzzle that we mentioned at the beginning of the paragraph? The puzzle involves so many of the challenges that arise during implementation in an industry situation. These challenges arise from less-than-ideal measurements, control responses, imperfect earthing, and other problems. In spite of all these shortcomings, the machine must function properly and deliver good products. This is the magic achieved by clever control algorithms. Control schemes and algorithms are the solutions to the puzzle.

This book is meant for students but even more for faculty. There is always a gap between learning theory from textbooks or classrooms and learning from a hands-on lab experiment. A lab experiment is oriented to deepening your understanding of the theory. Too frequently, we encounter the opinion that academic design is not useful in industry practice, and that there is a gap between the lab and the shop floor. This book express the views of the industry and hopes to bridge this gap. Each chapter can be a starting point for creating a lab setup for investigating actual issues in industrialized automated machines. We do not delve into theoretical aspects of control loops and control design. The storyline is from an industrial implementation point of view.

Moving on to the focus of this chapter, would you be surprised if I told you that we are surrounded by elements, products, or goods that are an outcome of automation? Manufacturing is the backbone for producing these everyday products that we so often take for granted. As an engineer or a technical person, you learn so many aspects of engineering but can sometimes fail to understand how these translate or are applied to manufacturing products. We will introduce you to a typical manufacturing setup and demonstrate how machines and lines are built to enable a factory to produce the necessary products. We will also introduce the basic elements of a factory and manufacturing line. In addition, we will also introduce the aspects of how automation, control systems, robotics, and mechanics are instrumental in building up a machine. This will help you understand the finer elements of an entire manufacturing setup. You will be able to envision this setup, which forms the basis of the book, and also start relating various daily used products with manufacturing and automation setups. We will take you through the automation components and structures, helping you understand these elements in detail that will also be carried forward throughout the book.

This chapter will cover the following main topics:

  • Understanding our daily rituals and the products we use
  • Probing how consumer demands and needs are drivers
  • Analyzing the elements of a factory – production lines and machines
  • Analyzing the elements of automation – components and structures

Understanding our daily rituals and the products we use

"What is going on?" wonders Jacob on a rainy afternoon while returning from his final day at his internship. Jacob is a brilliant third-year electronics and telecommunication engineering student who got an early opportunity to work as an intern during his semester break. He has been getting excellent grades during his previous semesters, but his internship has been an eye-opener. He has realized that even after being fantastic in his studies, his time in the industry has been filled with hurdles. Being a sincere student, he feels dejected due to the vast gap that exists between his curriculum and the expectations in the industry. That evening over dinner, Jacob is quiet, and his mother realizes something is wrong and decides to talk with him. At first, Jacob doesn't feel comfortable enough to open up to her, but with her persistence, he explains what is on his mind. Being a banking professional, she does not understand what he is trying to express, and she tries her best to motivate him. However, Jacob is still unconvinced and uncertain about many topics. His father, a senior and respected professional in automation, overhears this conversation between his wife and his son. He is instantly taken back to the days of his first job, where after graduating in electronics engineering, he was exposed to the world of automation. He instantly recollects many facets of what his son is going through and realizes that he needs to do something so that his son starts believing in engineering studies and how the industry operates. He faced a torrid time during his initial work years as he was unable to understand that even after being a high achiever in college, the activities in the industry were way too different, and the industry had not only varied but also very high expectations.

He decides that he will pass on all his knowledge to his son so that he is able to overcome these challenges without too many difficulties. He decides to have a detailed discussion with Jacob.

The following day after breakfast, Jacob realizes that his father is trying to get into a conversation. He understands that it must be the continuation of his conversation with his mother, and he is not wrong.

Both of them enjoy a long conversation about how automation is central to what he is studying and the career he will choose.

Figure 1.1 – Engineering disciplines have these fundamental elements

Figure 1.1 – Engineering disciplines have these fundamental elements

We will take you through their conversation in the following chapters.

How do you start your day? You wake up and most probably head to the bathroom to brush your teeth. You pick up the toothbrush and apply the toothpaste to it. You might also own an electronic toothbrush as well as a plastic cover to protect or keep your toothbrush bristles safe and clean. Heading to the breakfast table, you serve yourself delicious food. In addition, you use cutlery and plates to eat your food with. Having a bath and getting ready, you need a block of soap, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, and a towel. You then open your closet and take out clothes. You like to utilize the refrigerator to make your packaged milk last longer. You also keep various food and beverages, such as butter, cottage cheese, meat, cheese, ketchup, ice creams, bread, and so many other things stocked up in your refrigerator. Heading out of the house for work or college, you either drive a car, motorbike, or bicycle, or take the subway, train, or bus. At work or college, you open a book and write in it with a pen, and you also use various stationery at your workplace. If you feel thirsty or hungry, you visit the store and pick up a bottle of water, a packet of chips, or packaged food. You might even wish to buy a soft drink. At lunch, you open your lunch box and enjoy your home-cooked meal. In the evening, you go out for a cup of tea or coffee. On coming home, you either open your laptop or turn on your smart TV to watch some web series or sports. You also load your washing machine and start the cleaning process. You might have a robotic cleaner to help with the sweeping and mopping. You then make your bed by removing the bed cover, putting on bed sheets and pillow covers, and setting your comforter. You might even put on your air conditioner before getting a good night’s rest.

Figure 1.2 shows many of the common devices and foods that you can use on waking up at home:

Figure 1.2 – Some of the devices and foods that we handle on waking up at home

Figure 1.2 – Some of the devices and foods that we handle on waking up at home

All these products mentioned here are just the tip of the iceberg of the enormous list of products that are the outcome of automation. Surprised? We are not joking; all these products are made in a factory following a process on different machines, maybe even different locations. In addition, the supply chain, logistics, and distribution play a phenomenal role in not only manufacturing the product but also enabling the organization to make it reach its desired destination and, eventually, its consumer.

Let us take the example of a supermarket and identify various products that we see on the shelves. In the vegetable corner, you find some fruit or vegetables that are wrapped in a thin film and sealed. Film wrapping is very common in the packaging industry to enable foods to be contamination-free and provide safe transit. These concepts are also applied to bottles, soda, soft drinks (bottles and cans), and oil cans, enabling easier handling, transport, and stocking. You have likely observed such packaging in many stores and supermarkets. Figure 1.3 shows how cans or bottles are shrink-wrapped in factories:

Figure 1.3 – Shrink-wrapped cans in factories

Figure 1.3 – Shrink-wrapped cans in factories

In addition, filling liquid in these bottles is also a very different kind of automation that requires accuracy and precision. We will walk you through these processes in further chapters. Ideally, the bottling line will incorporate sections such as blowing the bottle, filling the bottle with the desired fluid, labeling the bottle, and then capping it. When we reach the aisle with all the packaged foods as well as consumer and personal care products, such as lentils, flour, pulses, soup, ready-to-eat items, shampoo sachets, biscuits, cookies, chips and chocolates, we see perfectly packaged and weighed packets. These packets are also an outcome of complex machines and automation. Vertical form fill seal (VFFS) and horizontal form fill seal (HFFS) are the machines that are deployed in the factory for producing such products. These packaged products are shown in Figure 1.4:

Figure 1.4 – Packaged products that are manufactured on VFFS and HFFS machines in the factory

Figure 1.4 – Packaged products that are manufactured on VFFS and HFFS machines in the factory

I would go one step further and say that all the products in the supermarket are made using some form of automation. Until now, we have just focused on the food and beverage and packaging industries. However, there are so many industries, such as automotive, textile, plastics, printing, and pharmaceuticals, that also have immense automation. We will touch upon the manufacturing landscape and automation capabilities in all these industries in the coming chapters.

By this time, you will have realized that everything that surrounds you is, in one way or another, related to automation and manufacturing.

Probing how consumer demands and needs are drivers

The market has moved from a supplier market to a consumer market. All organizations have realized that customer-centric behavior enables higher growth and improves customer loyalty. Even for organizations working in the Business-to-Business (B2B) domain, it is not that different. An organization in the B2B domain is one where the organization directly sells goods and products to another organization and not to the consumer. Let us take a simple example of buying a laptop. An individual can buy a laptop online or from the store irrespective of the brand. Thus, companies such as Dell, HP, etc., would be an organization in the Business-to-Consumer (B2C) segment. However, electronic chips are needed to manufacture laptops, which might be delivered by a company like Intel. Therefore, Intel will sell its chips to HP, Dell, etc. Thus, Intel would work in the B2B domain. In most organizations, you will encounter the statement the customer is king. This is largely evident in the way products are made and offered to us today versus a few decades back. You must have seen that over the years, products have undergone a huge change. In the 1990s, food items were sold loose; however, due to hygiene requirements, ease of transportation, and storage, you mostly find products that are well packaged or you prefer buying packaged products. What has led to this change? As you might rightly point out, consumer and market demands are acting as drivers. There is a similar situation in the automotive industry. In the 1980s and 1990s, for instance, there were hardly any vehicles and variants in the Indian market, which was mostly dominated by a few manufacturers. Today, you have local and multinational brands offering you multiple variants. In simple terms, you are spoilt for choice.

All these changes are solely due to consumers demanding the supplier provide these possibilities. Today, it is just not enough for you to own a car or a motorbike; equally important are the features being offered and the cost-to-feature ratio. It is also possible that you might even pay a little more for that additional comfort.

Consumer awareness has increased. As a result, consumer demands on quantity, quality, safety, and price have all gone up. It can be very difficult to satisfy this need without automation.

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  • Real life applications and case studies of automation curated from authors rich experience
  • Overcome tricky automation and control issues in the manufacturing process
  • Implement automation in manufacturing for higher efficiency and productivity in the industry

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Engineering disciplines focus mainly on programming control systems, while the challenges they overcome or their industry applications largely go uncovered, leaving a huge gap between the theory and industry practices. This leads to engineers learning about subjects without actually understanding their purpose and entering the industry needing months of training. The Art of Manufacturing cuts across pedantic theory and reaches practical applications. You’ll begin your learning journey by starting from the product and moving backward to the manufacturing landscape, factories, machines, and finally to the automation and control challenges faced in manufacturing. The book builds on the authors’ valuable on-field experience, providing a detailed view of the manufacturing of real-world products, while simultaneously providing various analogies and references to daily tasks. As you advance through the chapters, you’ll work on interesting control problems and find out how to overcome them in applications. The concluding chapters offer you a sneak peek into the future of automation and factories. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to relate a real-world product with an associated control challenge and discover ways to overcome these challenges.

Who is this book for?

The book will interest an inquisitive student of engineering (electrical, electronics, mechatronics, E&TC) who wishes to explore beyond the classroom textbook content. It will also serve as a teacher’s handbook helping the lecturer bring the flair of industry into the classroom. Moreover, it will be useful for a practicing engineer, with cross-disciplinary knowledge that is needed to manufacture any real product. You must have basic knowledge of electronics, electrical, and mechatronics (engineering).

What you will learn

  • Understand the role of machines, factories, and plants in manufacturing a product
  • Explore the manufacturing landscape and its continuous evolution
  • Use practical applications to mitigate control challenges in manufacturing
  • Resolve implementation challenges of various applications in a machine
  • Discover how humans and automation work together in factories
  • Find out how to solve the same control challenge in different ways
  • Discover links between Industry 3.0, Industry 4.0, digitalization, and lean manufacturing
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Part 1: Introduction to the Manufacturing Landscape and Innovative Automation in Everyday Life Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 1: Automation Is a Part of Our Daily Lives Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2: The Art of Temperature Control Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3: Tension Control – Managing Material Tension Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4: Level Control – Controlling the Level of Liquid to Avoid Drying Up or Spilling Over Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5: Motion Control – Control, Synchronization, and Interpolation of Axes for Accuracy and Precision Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6: Material Dispensing Control Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Chapter 7: The Interplay of Humans-Machines-Automation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 8: Automation – Dramatically Helping Avoid Human Intervention Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 9: Automation Can Build a Super-Organism with Awareness Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 10: What’s Next? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Things that I really liked- Practical overview from plastic and pharmaceutical industry examples- Automation deployment applications explained really well- Neat and clean diagrams and other graphics- language is simple which makes it easy to understand difficult concepts
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The book covers the complete setup of manufacturing landscape in layman's term, with a problem solution approach of how automation helps in overcoming the challenges. The book bridges the wide gap that is there between what we study in college to what we apply on job and on field. Effectively the author is able to justify the need for automation and why it is necessary to some extent at the same time why human intervention may be required. The author has used diagrams effectively throughout the book that enables the reader to develop their conceptual meanings and establish the correct relationships between concepts within the subject. The author does mention about IOT and AI at the end but does no go to deep into it as the objective was to give a brief overview of where the manufacturing and automation industry is heading. A good read for those who in some way or the other are associated with this subject.
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Very detailed book. The summaries at the end of a section are very informative and bring the information of the chapter back to the point in a concentrated way.I especially find the second part interesting: "Automation and Humans".The explanation using a washing machine is great and makes it easier to understand.
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This book is a comprehensive guide in control engineering. Real life examples of automatic controls of temperature, level, movement (motion ), weight and volume are all explained in detail in the book. The authors’ wide experience in different industries is clearly seen in the subject elaboration. The real beauty of the book is its simplicity. No mathematical equations, complex graphs or control diagrams are used. Block diagrams effectively explain complex controls in different applications.This book bridges the gap between the theoretical knowledge learnt in an engineering college and the practical applications seen on the shop floor. A must read for all who wish to understand automation and design or maintain such systems. Also a stepping stone for Industry 4, Smart factory, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.
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Truly a great guide book for all technical people which not only focuses on putting conventional manufacturing methods in easiest way but also all new/practical technologies and right amalgamation of both old and new methods.1. Covers all smallest & simplest aspects which plays major role in manufacturing.2. End to end- Tech specs to computers & automation aspects, covers everything.3. Best part (probably first such book) which covers this “art” across all industries i;e Mechanical, electronics, pharma, food, packaging etc. This will not only develop an interest in reader but will also add to one’s knowledge about basics of other integrated aspects.4. Automation- We are going through such a VUCA world and certainly automation becomes pivotal part of the entire process in all new methodologies. Covering this topic in very basic but equally covering minuscule aspects makes one monitor easily during practical problems.Team, truly a superb job. Tremendous and thoughtful efforts!
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Trackable delivery to most P. O. Boxes and private residences in Australia within 4-5 days based on the distance to a destination following dispatch.

India:

Premium: Delivery to most Indian addresses within 5-6 business days

Rest of the World:

Premium: Countries in the American continent: Trackable delivery to most countries within 4-7 business days

Asia:

Premium: Delivery to most Asian addresses within 5-9 business days

Disclaimer:
All orders received before 5 PM U.K time would start printing from the next business day. So the estimated delivery times start from the next day as well. Orders received after 5 PM U.K time (in our internal systems) on a business day or anytime on the weekend will begin printing the second to next business day. For example, an order placed at 11 AM today will begin printing tomorrow, whereas an order placed at 9 PM tonight will begin printing the day after tomorrow.


Unfortunately, due to several restrictions, we are unable to ship to the following countries:

  1. Afghanistan
  2. American Samoa
  3. Belarus
  4. Brunei Darussalam
  5. Central African Republic
  6. The Democratic Republic of Congo
  7. Eritrea
  8. Guinea-bissau
  9. Iran
  10. Lebanon
  11. Libiya Arab Jamahriya
  12. Somalia
  13. Sudan
  14. Russian Federation
  15. Syrian Arab Republic
  16. Ukraine
  17. Venezuela